Arenicola
Sign in to saveArenicola, also known as sandworms, is a genus of capitellid annelid worms comprising the lugworms and black lugs.
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It is catalogued under the topic Polychaetes.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
lugworm
Genus
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- FamilyArenicolidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 114
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Arenicolidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, NHMUK, UPS, NMV, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Arenicolidae
- Image
- Arenicola marina 2010.JPG
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- taxon name
- Arenicola
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Arenicola
- topic's main category
- Category:Arenicola
- taxon author citation
- Lamarck, 1801
- taxon common name
- Arenicole
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- Life in a burrow
- Reproduction
- In popular culture
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Arenicola, also known as sandworms, is a genus of capitellid annelid worms comprising the lugworms and black lugs.
A.cristata is the dominant warm-water lugworm on the shores of North America and Humboldt Bay, California. A. caroledna dominates in China and Japan while Arenicola marina is mostly found in Europe, up to Norway. Arenicola loveni is restricted to Southern Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arenicola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.